Sterling Heights woman gets six years for torturing, abusing elderly woman

Sterling Heights woman gets six years for torturing, abusing elderly woman

A Macomb County judge went below the sentencing cap and ordered a woman to serve six to 15 years in prison for severely abusing her elderly boyfriend’s mother under her care. Laura C. Tisdelle was sentenced Sept. 17 by circuit Judge James Maceroni after she pleaded no contest to several charges in August and took responsibility for her abuse of the late victim. “I want to take responsibility,” Tisdelle told the judge at the sentencing. “I loved …